Soldier son trilogy

Serving his king during a time of realm expansion, nobleman's son Nevare Burvelle finds his promising career compromised by prejudice at the King's Cavalry Academy and the discovery that he is being rendered a pawn by the magical plains folk.

Nevare Burvelle, wrongfully convicted of murder, surrenders himself to the Speck magic with which he has been cursed, a decision that renders him subject to a violent alter ego.